THE 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



February 



Si I898. 



MARKETS. 



Covent Garden. 



There is a moderate supply of fruit on offer, but English apples and pears are con. 

 spicuous by their absence. Home-grown grapes. American and Canadian app e ^ and 

 French pears meet a ready sale at fair prices. Vegetables in moderate supply ; potato 



tra rt5S: -American and Nova Scotian apples, 14s. to 35s. per barrel; English 

 grapes, is. 6d. to 3 s.perlb.; Aimer ia, 10s. to 223. per barrel; bananas, 4 s. to 10s. 

 ^er bunch; piom^kTW to 5s. each; French pears 4 s. to 6s. per case; Messina 

 lemons, 6s. to 183. per case; Valencia oranges, 12s. to 20s. per case; Jafti, 8s. to 



IIS FKwERS.-Anims > 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; carnations, is. to 3s.; eu:haris, to 4s.; 

 gardenias, 6s. to 9 s. : Lilium Harrisi, 4s. to 6s.; tea roses, 6d. to is.; pink roses, 

 is. to at, ; cattleyas, 6s. to 9 s. J Odontogiossum cnspum, is. 6d. to 4s. ; tulips, 6d. to 

 is. 3d. ; and tuberoses, 6d. to gd. per dozen blooms ; Adiantum cuneatum, 4s. to 

 8s.; chrysanthemums, 9s. to 18s.; marguerites, 2s. to 4s.; mignonette, 2s. to 4s. ; 

 pelargoniums (scarlet), 6s. to 8s. ; white narciss, 2s. 6d. to 5s. ; and violets, 9d. to 

 2s. per dozen bunches ; azaleas, 6d. to 9^; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s.; Roman hya- 

 cinths, 6d. to 9d. ; lily of the valley, 6d. to 2s. ; and pelargoniums, 6d. to is. per 

 dozen sprays : bouvardias, 6d. to 8d. ; white lilac, 3s. to 4s. per bunch. 



Vegetables.— Canary tomato, is. to is. 6d. per tray ; English onions, 4s. 6d. to 

 $s. 6d per cwt. ; Valencia, 6s. to 7s. per case: Brussels sprouts, is. 3d. to is. 6d. per 

 half-sieve ; French endive, is. 4d. to is. 8i.; lettuce, is. 3d. to is. gd. ; cauliflowers, 

 is. to 2s. 6d. ; cucumbers. 4s. to 7s. 6d. per dozen ; celery, 6s. to 155. per dozen rolls ; 

 seakale, 105. to 15s. per dozen punnets ; spinach, 2s. 6d per bushel ; forced rhubarb, 

 is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bundles; savoys and cabbages, 3s. to 5s. ; parsnips, 

 as. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; beetroots, 2s. to 3s. per tally; turnips, 3s. to 3s. €d.; carrots, 

 2s. 6d. to 3s.; parsley, 2s. per dozen bunches; mushrooms, 6s. to 95.; eschallots, 

 is. 9d. to 2s. per 12 lb. 



Borough Potato Market. 



With fairly large supplies and a quiet trade prices are practically unaltered. 



Dunbars, 115s. to 125s. ; Hebrons, 90s. to 105s. ; Snowdrops, 85s. to 95s.; Bruce, 

 Maincrops, and Sutton's Regents, 85s. to 90s. ; Reading Giants and Saxons, 85s. per 

 ton ; Belgians, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; Germans, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per bag. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Tuesday, February 8.— Royal Horticultural Society— Committees meet at Noon. Annual 



Meeting, Three p.m. _ - 



Horticultural Club, Annual Dinner, Six p.m. 



AUCTIONS. 



Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, February 8, 9, and xi. — Lilies, Azaleas, Palms, 



Orchids, &c, at Protheroe and Morris's Room . 

 Wednesday and Thursday, February 9 and 10. — Rose and Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, 



Lilies, Border Plants, &c, at J. C. Stevens's Rooms. 



THE WEATHER DURING THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 1898 



Stations. 





Temperature of the Air. 





Highest. 



Lowest. 



Mean. 





Fahrenheit. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Centi- 

 grade. 



Raihf 



AU, 



London ••■••«*•< •••••«•••••••••••••••••• 



Croydon •••»•••.••••••«>•••••»• 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 



Nottingham 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield 



Bradford »•.••.......•••••••••»•••••••• 



Hull •••»•••••»••••»»»««•••••••«••••••••' 



468 



47'o 

 50*0 



51-8 



52*6 

 54'o 

 49*5 



51-0 



32 7 



30 5 

 35 o 



32*2 



34 "o 



29*0 



38-3 



30 



39 9 

 30*0 



♦a*4 



41*8 

 4l"6 



41-4 

 42*2 

 41-8 



45 3 

 43"6 



46*7 



42'3 



5-78 



5'44 



7 '00 



5*22 



5- 6 7 



5'44 



7*39 



6- 44 



8 17 

 5*7-' 



o'oo 

 o'oo 

 o'oo 



o'oo 



o'oo 

 o'oo 

 0-13 



0*2 [ 



o'oo 



0*03 



o'oo 

 o'oo 



O'OD 



0 00 

 o'oo 

 o'oo 



o-33 

 o-53 



0 00 



008 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 30*37 Inches an.1 



that 



Thermo m «♦ — -* » ■■■■ - — - — — « ~* « — — # - — — &>» •** mc so years 



5 wind was south-westerly, the horizontal movement of the air I s 

 average i" the 16 years i860 — 75 

 sunshine in the week was 2*2 hours. No rain was measured d 



841—00. The direction of the wind was soutn- westerly, tne horizontal movement of the air beini? 

 per cent, below the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bright 



' iring the week. * 



CONTENTS. 



. . • 



• • • 



• • • 



Answers to Correspondents 

 Catalogues Received 

 Chiswick as a School Garden 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exh bitions and Meetings : — 

 Oxfordshire Chrysanthemum and Fruit 



Society ... ... , 



Thame Horticultural Soci iy 

 Headington Horticultural Society 

 Banbury Chrysanthemum Society 

 Liverpool Horticultural Associatic 

 Windsor Chrysanthtmum Society 



Fuchsia triphylla superba 



Hardy Peach Culture . 



Hi ts fcr Amateurs ... 



Horticultural Exhibitions and Meetings in 

 1898 



Laelia Rubescens 



Leaves from a Rambler's Notebook 



PACK 

 . 91 



9 1 



83 

 92 



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89 



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 89 



89 



84 



82 



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90 



84 



83 



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1 • • 



• •• 



• • • 



Markets 



Mulberries and Silk-worms in Australia 

 New Books 



New Inventions 

 Not-s of the Week : — 



Minor Parks of London 



Garden Roses 



Taste ... 



Flower Show Arrangements 



Obituary 



Some Roses of 1895 

 Scarcity of Late Winter Pears 

 The American Blight or Woolly Aphis 

 The Weather 

 Work for the Week 



P.\GE 



... 92 

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89 



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77 

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87 



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86 



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Fuchsia triphylla supe.ba 



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